Buenos Aires Province approved electricity tariffs for August covering EDELAP, EDEA, EDEN, EDES and local cooperatives. The increase will range from 1.5% to 3.5%, depending on category, distributor and consumption, and will appear in bills issued during August and September.
The adjustment combines two components controlled by different jurisdictions. Changes in the provincial distribution value are added to wholesale electricity prices set nationally. As a result, the final effect will not be uniform even among households with similar use.
The Energy Secretariat estimated that an average unsubsidized residential customer will move from about 54,800 pesos to 56,700 pesos including taxes. A subsidized household will rise from 37,200 to 37,750 pesos, showing how assistance changes both the rate and absolute increase.
For full-rate small residential demand, monthly fixed charges will be 5,501.43 pesos at EDELAP, 4,125.76 at EDEA, 5,166.96 at EDEN and 5,770.21 at EDES. Variable charges will range from 164.7876 to 216.2452 pesos per kilowatt-hour.
Customers under the targeted subsidy system will retain discounts for monthly use up to 300 kWh. Their variable rate will run from 101.0993 pesos per kWh at EDELAP to 134.1104 at EDES, while fixed charges continue to vary among concession areas.
The new rates apply to consumption recorded from July 1 and August 1, spreading the impact across two billing cycles. Each household must now identify its distributor, consumption level and subsidy status, the three variables that will determine how far its bill differs from provincial averages.
